The Portland daily press., 1887-04-23
PERSONAL.

Hon Fred Powers of Houlton was in the
city yesterday.
Representative r. K. O'Brien of Thomas
ton, spent yesterday in Portland.
Mr.. E. p. Mayo Of the Fairfield Journal,
was in the city yesterday.
City Messenger Shaw is confined to the
house by illness.
Editor u. M. Lord, of the Rockland Cour
ier-Gazette, will deliver the address at the
cemetery at Rockland on Memorial day.
George L. Dame, Superintendent of the
Railway Mail Service of New England, and
Post Office Inspector Chase went to Farm
ington, Wednesday, on official business.
w. III. Looney, Esq, spoke before the
Grattan Literary Association Tuesday even
ing, ON Restriction of Hours of Labor"
After the address the society gave him
vote of thanks.
John A. Kennedy, the famous Portland
oarsmen, left yesterday for Minneapolis. and
trip through the Northwest. 1t is under
stood he has been engaged to train several
first-class boat crews
Anyone knowing the present address of
Ira Z. Parsons, formerly of Co. e. 18th
Maine Regiment, will confer a favor by
sending postal card to the postmaster of
Bangor.
AT the first election of officers for the new
and prosperous city of Schuyler, Neb., on
April 9TH, Mr.. John E. Arnold, formerly of
Union, was chosen city clerk. He was ON
both the citizens and labor tickets, and his
election was very nearly unanimous.
Major John E. Blaine. paymaster U. S. A..
brother of James g. Blaine, has died at Hot
Springs, Ark. In 1868 he was appointed to
the quartermaster's department in the regu
lar army, but resigned that position two
years later. Since 1875 he has been pay
master, with the rank of major
Capt. E. Dean, of the revenue cutter Wood
bury, has been ordered from Eastport station
to the lakes, with headquarters at Detroit
Lieut.. Simmonds has been ordered to the
station at Galveston, Texas. The crew of
the Woodbury. have expressed formally their
regrets at the departure of their old officer.
1t is understood that Mr.. Harry Andrews,
the talented Rambler of the Lewiston Jour
nal. will shortly sever his connection with
that paper, and establish one of his own. 1t
is to be hoped that he will not go out of the
State of Maine to find the field that will GER
tainly profit by his venture.
G. Morgan, Fryeburg; ]. L. Killner and
A. ottensoser, New York; III. C. Robinson.
ID. l.. Stevens, ID. g. Dunbar, NJ Fl. Ouig-
ley, e. +. Gomez, and l.. A. Worcester. Bos-
ton; |. F. Eden, Waterville; d. Allendorf.
Albany, n Y. and the Syracuse Base Ball
Club were among the arrivals at the United
States Hotel yesterday.
Rev. Marion Crosley, Chaplain of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, was orator on
occasion of the dedication of the new hall of
Mount Battle Lodge at Camden. The adj
dress is reported as having been very in
teresting and eloquent one, and gave much
valuable information in regard to the prin-
ciples, objects and workings of the order.
Mrs. Hannah B. Berry, of Unity, widow
of Alfred Berry, has just received pension
OF $15 month and back pay amounting to
$3,SS250. The back pay is believed to be
the largest any person in this county has
ever received. The pension is granted on
account of John F. Berry, Mrs. Berry's son,
who served as lieutenant in the late war;
On the second day of April, Mrs Ann Ham
len Severance died in the Sandwich Islands.
Mrs. Severance was the widow of Maine
man. Hon. Luther Severance, who was one
OF the early proprietors of the Kennebec
Journal. Mrs. Severance had made her
home for many years with her son-in-law.
Hon. William G. Parke, who is marshal of
the Sandwich Islands, and resides in Homo
lulu. Mrs. Severance was the daughter of
Theophilus Hamlen, who was one of the
most respected citizens of Augusta.